Global property group Goodman and Advantage West Midlands have unveiled plans for a major high tech employment and mixed use development, having secured full planning consent to develop the former Jaguar site at Browns Lane, Coventry.
In a strategic partnership with the regional development agency Advantage West Midlands (AWM), the development on the 30 hectare site, which is to be renamed Lyons Park, will focus on attracting high tech companies, creating substantial employment opportunities and also much needed new housing for Coventry.
The new development has been named Lyons Park in recognition of the heritage of the site and its founder, Sir William Lyons who started the pioneering Swallow Sidecar Company which evolved into Jaguar Cars after the Second World War.
Following extensive consultation with the council and local community, the full planning consent incorporates;
- Manufacturing / distribution – 800,000 sq ft of space for industrial and distribution uses;
- Office – 75,000 sq ft of high quality office space; and
- Residential – 172 dwellings, including a proportion of affordable housing.